Christmas Vacation is one of our favorite Christmas movies, it’s one of the first we watch each year. I’ve always loved the scene with Clark and Eddie talking over eggnog with the moose mugs. I enjoy eggnog but have never been brave enough to make…
This month’s Food ‘n Flix Club movie is Love Actually hosted by Eliot’s Eats. I made Chocolate Sandwich Cookies. The Prime Minister, played by Hugh Grant, wants a chocolate tea biscuit, not the boring plain ones. I reviewed quite a few traditional British tea biscuits and…
My Cranberry Jelly is inspired by Williams Sonoma Jellied Cranberries (see image below). I was shopping and stopped by the store where they were sampling the jellied cranberries as well as a few other items and I really loved this one. I thought it would…
Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas is such a fun holiday movie, perfect to put you in the spirit of the season. I wanted to make a recipe that would be perfect to combine with that movie and I came up with the Giant Mickey Christmas…
I was inspired to make these Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies based on the Assorted Cookies offered at Disney’s California Adventure Festival of Holidays. These cookies are soft and flavorful and elicit a “yum” every time someone eats one. These are super easy to make and can…
I was inspired to make Chocolate Peppermint Cookies based on the menu offerings at Disney’s California Adventure Festival of the Holidays Assorted Cookies. They have a Chocolate Candy Cane cookie that looks delicious. I used Andes Peppermint Crunch Baking Chips instead of candy canes as…
I decided to come up with a Rich Chocolate Cream Pie for my youngest son for Thanksgiving this year. Chocolate Cream Pie might be a little unconventional for Thanksgiving but it was a BIG hit. I could tell by the fact the pie was gone…
One of my son’s favorite holiday candies is Peppermint Bark. We’ve tried a number of versions of peppermint bark over the years and I’ve discovered his favorite combination is when the candy is half peppermint vanilla candy with candy canes and half chocolate. I decided…
This month’s Food ‘n Flix Challenge is the movie Clueless. It was fun to re-watch this movie while looking for food clues to inspire my recipe. There was only one Christmas scene in the movie and it was a party where the outside of the…